Chapter 297: Ghost Spaceship
The weak space-time structure of the "cradle" made Li Wenyuan pay more attention to the galaxy itself, because the essence of the jump engine is to make the surrounding space become consistent with the destination at the quantum level, which will cause the space-time state of the jump starting point to change accordingly, which is permanent.
And he roughly calculated the data, and the spatiotemporal structure of this state would almost certainly induce "space-time ghosts" if it used transitions.
A "nirvana snail" that is chasing you all the time, even if it only moves two millimeters an hour, will you be afraid of it?
Once humanity had only jumped a few apples, but what if the object was a massive spaceship? Will the "Spacetime Ghost Ship" use thrusters? And what is the logic of the ghost ship's actions? Do living organisms also give birth to "space-time ghosts"?
At this moment, a large number of experimental possibilities appeared in his mind because of the special environment of the "cradle", and the current "time and space ghost" was still mysterious to him, and he might be able to take advantage of this opportunity to gradually understand the characteristics of the "time and space ghost".
But now, he has to solve the problem of "chasing light" civilization first.
Li Wenyuan first confirmed whether this peculiar space-time weakness in the galaxy was just an isolated case, and after obtaining many coordinate records, he determined that at least most of the "cradle" galaxies were in this state.
Thinking about the causes of this phenomenon reminded him of a question that was subconsciously ignored: how did the people of this galaxy move faster than the speed of light? Could it be due to the misuse of the extremely large "jump engine"?
And he also got the answer from the mouth of the leader of the "Chasing the Light".
"Most of the time we move through a fixed faster-than-light channel, which we usually call a 'hyperspace channel'......",
"Is it actually hyperspace...... The unexpected answer made Li Wenyuan have more doubts in his heart.
If it weren't for the fact that there were enough abusive jumps, why was the spatiotemporal structure of the "cradle" so fragile? And who built the "hyperspace waterway" here?
More and more mysteries loom over this shrinking world, but to the latter question, the "Chasing the Light" leader has an answer:
"Those hyperspace shipping lanes were built by ourselves, and after the galaxies were connected later, we magically discovered that the construction technology related to them seemed to exist in every corner of the galaxy, waiting for every civilization to discover and put into practice."
"Although it is difficult, it is not impossible, and for a long time in the past, the civilizations of the entire 'cradle' galaxy have been busy doing this."
"We can't make hyperspace shipping lanes accessible in all directions, but we can still connect most galaxies, which is why we call ourselves 'pioneers', and we think this technology is so that we can help other ...... of other controlled civilizations."
The hyperspace channel here was built by themselves, and this result was somewhat unexpected by Li Wenyuan.
It was thought that only humans had this kind of technology, but now it seems that there are many smart people and lucky people in the universe.
It's just that compared to humans, they are much slower, even if they gather the power of the entire galaxy, they can only build a hyperspace channel connecting most galaxies, and the galaxies connected by two hyperspace channels are rare passes.
That's pretty good considering what they're actually doing.
After understanding the basic situation again, in order to prevent this civilization five million light years away from "starving to death", Li Wenyuan was ready to let a group of spaceships carrying resources jump over to rescue the emergency.
The Jump Engine's special faster-than-light movement means that whether it is one light-year or five million light-years, it is a matter of a split second.
The only thing that needs to be paid attention to now is whether the "space-time ghost" induced by the "paper-thin" space-time structure has other properties?
The "space-time apple" that moves two millimeters per hour does not explain the whole problem, and now with the help of this unique environment, Li Wenyuan can gain more knowledge of the "space-time ghost".
So after consulting with the "Chasing Light" civilization, he chose a barren galaxy and sent a large fleet to monitor the jump site.
All sorts of instruments are also pointed there, recording all the data of that space all the time.
A large cargo spaceship loaded with all kinds of relief materials slowly drove to the designated jump site, there was no life on this spaceship, there were no robots, only drones that had cut off all contact with Li Wenyuan in advance.
It was also his first experiment with the phenomenon of "Spectre of Time and Space", which, regardless of the outcome, was destined to bring him useful information.
Eventually, the jump engines on the cargo ship began to work, forming a massive position around the ship in an instant, distorting even the light into a glow that overflowed the ship's surface.
The fabric of time and space is also broken and reorganized in the position until it remains absolutely consistent with the destination.
With the naked eye, the spacecraft disappeared from sight without warning.
But then came the unexpected.
The moment the Jump Engine was officially activated, there were two almost identical planes in the world, the only difference being that one had a spaceship and the other did not.
A slight disturbance caused the spacecraft to begin to determine where the ship should be, and eventually "determined" that the ship was in the latter plane with the intervention of the engine.
However, though the ship moved, the plane it left behind was still there, and it became the weakest place where the jump had ever been made.
The resentment of the rupture of time and space swelled to the limit and erupted.
A ship identical to a cargo ship appeared in its place, so perfectly connected to the main body that even the most accurate photographic equipment did not capture its appearance, and only a motionless spaceship seemed to have never moved.
However, the instruments used to detect the fluctuations in space-time detected that the fluctuations in space-time that should have been in a trough due to the end of the transition had once again peaked, and this abnormal fluctuation confirmed that "something" was there.
It also confirms the nature of the "Temporal Ghost", which at least does everything the ontology does simultaneously.
– including the use of jump engines.
It sounds strange that a "phanthell" with zero mass, nothing, and only an image is actually using a jump engine, but it just happens.
Not only that, Li Wenyuan also found that the "ghost spaceship" started the jump engine even a little faster than the main body.
Almost as soon as the cargo spaceship arrived at the "Chasing Light" civilization, a "ghost spaceship" that followed closely followed came to the same place, and with the contact with the main body, it disappeared from the universe in an instant.
However, the new "Temporal Ghost" was not born with the jump of the "Ghost Ship", and that weak area eventually became a "danger zone", slowly repairing itself until it could withstand it again.